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FACILITATING GROWTH IN THE OTTAWA MARKET
City of Ottawa Employment Land Review
Ottawa Real Estate ForumOctober 19, 2016
Russell Mathew
Ottawa Employment Land Review
Today we will discuss:• Study purpose • Economic context• Geographic and policy context• Land demand • Market considerations• Study recommendations • Looking forward
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Purpose of the study
1. Examination of City’s objectives for location of jobs and Official Plan policies for employment and employment land
2. Estimate future employment land demand in rural and urban area designations
3. Identify key issues, opportunities and strategies for achieving City’s employment and economic development goals
4. Recommend priority actions and implementation plan
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Ottawa’s Unique Economy
• As the national capital, heavy reliance on public sector employment affects many aspects of the city, including: more jobs accommodated in offices than elsewhere; higher transit use; less industrial land and built space; and fewer trucks on the road.
• Other sectors are important, including high tech and the provision of central place functions for the surrounding region.
• Ottawa also includes a very large rural area with rural and urban-related economic activities.
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Ottawa’s Unique Economy
Focus is on industrial-type employment areas:• Smaller segment than in Southern Ontario • Still important to functioning economy
• Servicing the service sector • Local manufacturing/ local distribution
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Geographic and policy context also unique
• Employment Area locations mirror prior communities
• Enterprise Areas – policy intent to achieve 50% employment / 50% residential
• Large Greenbelt divides Central Area and suburban business parks
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Employment Area
Enterprise Area
Supply Demand Analysis Results
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• Identified demand for 800-900 ha to 2041
Market considerations
• Location matters• High demand areas inside
the Greenbelt are almost full.
• Some areas well positioned to attract employment. Others face access challenges.
• Limited supply of highway-oriented employment lands.
• Almost no land with Highway 417 East access.
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Market considerations
• Surrounding areas becoming part of the Ottawa market • Areas to the south to a limited extent• Russell Township planning for an expanded serviced industrial
park at Highway 417 East and Saint Guillaume Road • Ottawa also accommodating some growth at Rural
interchanges
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One key policy has not worked as planned
Enterprise Area Policy implications • Difficult to interpret
development rights
• Largely failed to achieve employment component in some areas
• Fragmentation limits viability for future development for employment uses
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Residential
Employment
Enterprise Areas
• Permits both employment and residential uses.
• Intended to be well integrated.
Key Study Recommendations
• Replace the Enterprise Area designation with land uses that correspond to the most appropriate designation
• Some employment land conversions recommended
• Taken together, proposed land use changes reduce City-wide employment land supply by 165 ha
• Within threshold of surplus to 2036
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Proposed Employment Area designation changes
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Proposed Enterprise Area designation changes
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Looking forward
• City will need to plan for employment areas with good highway access if it wants to meet full range of market demand over the long-term
• Economic Development needs to work with private sector to encourage development
• Development opportunities appear to be on the rise (if still a bit weak)
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